Marquette foils Xavier in Old Spice Classic
Written by: noreply@blogger.com (Tim Blair)
Athos, Porthos and Aramis were no match for Hayward, Butler and Acker as the Marquette Warriors (5-0) raced to a surprising and convincing 71-61 win over the Xavier Musketeers (3-1) in the opening round of the Old Spice Classic. Hayward led MU with 27 points, while Bulter finished with 15 and Acker chipped in with 11.
With the win MU advances to play the Michigan Wolverines today at 11am Marquette Standard Time on ESPN. The 15th-ranked Wolverines topped Creighton 83-76 in overtime (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=293300130) on Thursday.
Rob is warming up on the evaluating the Four Factors -- check out his quick assessment of the game and a look ahead to today's tilt over on MUScoop. (http://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=16305.msg158348;topicseen#new)
Media update
Rosiak recaps the win (http://www.jsonline.com/sports/goldeneagles/74919117.html)
(http://www.gomarquette.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/112609aaa.htmlu)gomarquette.com recap (AP) (http://www.gomarquette.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/112609aaa.html)
Rosiak blog recap (http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/75143787.html)
MU fans are happy (http://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=16291.0)
Xavier fans are not happy (http://www.xavierhoops.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12328)
http://www.crackedsidewalks.com/2009/11/marquette-xavier-in-old-spice-classic.html